American Government Exam Ch 4-5

A  NAWSA worked to win votes for women on a state-by-state basis while the NWP wanted an amendment added to the Constitution.

B  The NWP favored more confrontational tactics like protests and picketing while NAWSA circulated petitions and lobbied politicians.

C  NAWSA attracted mostly middle-class women while NWP appealed to the working class.

D  The NWP sought to deny African Americans the vote, but NAWSA wanted to enfranchise all women.

A  substantial compensation

B  the glass ceiling

C  affirmative action

D  comparable worth

A  Asian immigrants were disliked by White people who feared competition for jobs, and several acts of Congress sought to restrict immigration and naturalization of Asians.

B  Asian immigrants got along well with White people but not with Mexican Americans or African Americans.

C  Asian immigrants were welcomed to the United States and swiftly became financially successful.

D  White people feared Asian immigrants because Japanese and Chinese Americans were often disloyal to the U.S. government.

A  a group of Native American activists who occupied the settlement of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Reservation

B  a federal program to give funds to Native American tribes to help their members open small businesses that would employ tribal members

C  an attempt to reduce the size of reservations

D  a federal program that returned control of Native American education to tribal governments

A  access to the professions for women

B  greater property rights for women

C  suffrage for women

D  the right to education for women

A  did not encounter any violent resistance

B  led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

C  vividly illustrated the continued resistance to Black civil rights in the Deep South

D  was the first major protest after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

A  Shelley v. Kraemer

B  Plessy v. Ferguson

C  Loving v. Virginia

D  Brown v. Board of Education

A  An action by a state governor that treats Asian Americans differently from other citizens

B  A law that treats 10-year-olds differently from 28-year-olds

C  A law that treats White people differently from other citizens

D  A law that treats men differently from women

A  outlawed slavery

B  dallowed the states to continue to enact Black codes

C  helped start the process of selective incorporation of the Bill of Rights

D  guaranteed freed men the right to vote

A  Alexander Hamilton believed it was necessary

B  it was part of the Articles of Confederation

C  it was originally part of the Declaration of Independence

D  key states refused to ratify the Constitution unless it was added

A  Buck v. Houston

B  Lawrence v. Texas

C  Bell v. Buckley

D  Buck v. Bell

A  2013

B  2000

C  2015

D  2011

A  Liberty Group

B  Mattachine Society

C  Pride Organization

D  Stonewall Society

E  Log Cabin Republicans

A  an unnecessary precaution even during war-time since certain rights and liberties should not be infringed upon

B  a necessary precaution in a time of war.

A  187

B  94

C  184

D  86

A  the Mattachine Society

B  the bracero program

C  the United Farm Workers union

D  Los Angeles Labor Union

A  Navajo

B  Paiute

C  Lakota

D  Cherokee

A  Cherokee Nation v. Mississippi

B  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

C  Worcester v. Mississippi

D  Worcester v. Georgia

A  was upheld by Executive Order by President Ford

B  was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1982

C  was ratified by thirty-eight states and is still in effect today

D  did not receive the support of the required thirty-eight states and thus did not become an amendment

A  Josef Stalin

B  Mahatma Gandhi

C  Fidel Castro

D  Matthew Perry

A  Plessy v. Ferguson; Brown v. Board of Education

B  Brown v. Board of Education; Lawrence v. Texas

C  Brown v. Board of Education; Plessy v. Ferguson

D  Plessy v. Ferguson; Lawrence v. Texas

A  grandfather

B  ancestry

C  former slave

D  DuBois

E  descendant

A  non-suspect scrutiny

B  common sense

C  lax scrutiny

D  intermediate scrutiny

E  the rational basis test

A  equal protection; 14th

B  equal protection; 15th

C  equal protection; 16th

D  establishment; 15th

E  establishment; 14th

A  Probable activity

B  Probable cause

C  Probable offense

D  Probable suspcision

A  District of Columbia v. Bush

B  District of Columbia v. Chan

C  District of Columbia v. Heller

D  District of Columbia v. Gonzales

A  was not protected as a form of symbolic speech since it involved the U.S. flag, which is considered sacred in the U.S.

B  was a form of symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment

C  was a form of symbolic speech that can sometimes be protected if the audience viewing the burning is not personally offended

A  conservative

B  neutral

C  liberal

D  patriotic

A  Operation Iraqi Freedom

B  World War II

C  Vietnam War

D  World War I

A  establishment

B  free exercise

C  institutional

D  holy

A  establishment

B  free exercise

C  religion

D  worship

E  holy

A  Supreme Court

B  The Executive Branch

C  State Courts

D  State Legislatures

E  Congress

A  fairness

B  civil rights

C  due process

D  liberties

E  civil

A  1st

B  8th

C  4th

D  6th

E  5th

A  Adams

B  Libel

C  Press

D  Alien and Sedition

E  Slander and Libel

A  8th

B  5th

C  4th

D  6th

E  10th

A  Republicans

B  Anti-Federalists

C  Federalists

D  Libertarians

E  Democrats

A  that civil rights are guarantees that government officials will treat people equally, whereas civil liberties are limitations on government power intended to protect freedoms

B  inconsequential, because the terms are used interchangeably in the United States

C  that civil rights involve speech, press, and religious freedom, whereas civil liberties involve voting

D  that civil rights involve freedoms, whereas civil liberties involve voting

E  that civil rights limit the power of government, whereas civil liberties expand the power of government

A  Ex ante Quirin

B  Ex post Mortem

C  Ex parte Quirin

D  Ex post Facto

A  last twenty

B  first ten

C  first twenty

D  last ten